Scientists to Push African Genome Research

Africa risks missing out on the rewards of a revolution in genetic science unless it can win a bigger slice of funding for diseases like AIDS and malaria, according to researchers meeting in Kenya on Monday. More than 100 scientists from around the globe were due to converge in Nairobi for the start of a four-day conference to pool knowledge on progress towards vaccines for diseases ravaging humans and animals across the continent.

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